Hyderabad: A government officer working in the electricity department was arrested on Friday by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15000 in Secunderabad.

Bhoomireddy Sudhakar Reddy works as a sub-engineer-in-charge of the Lalaguda section, Padmarao Nagar sub-division of Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGPSPDCL).

He demanded a bribe to process the complainant’s request to upgrade from single-phase to three-phase meters and to prepare an estimate for erecting a transformer at a site related to the complainant’s electrical contract work.

Reddy was arrested and sent to judicial remand.

On October 10, a panchayat secretary of Madhura Nagar village in Karimnagar was arrested for demanding and accepting a Rs 10,00

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